Sudbury Travel guide

Sudbury : Michelin's recommendations

This market town and silk-weaving centre was the birthplace of the painter Gainsborough. Sudbury also boasts three monumental Perpendicular churches: St Gregory's, St Peter's and All Saints, surrounded by Georgian houses and earlier timber-framed cottages.

Tourist attractions Sudbury : Things to see and do

46 st. Gainsborough GB - Sudbury CO10 2EU

This late-medieval building with an 18C façade was home to the artist Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), and contains many mementoes of him including works executed between 1740 and 1750 (in the small drawing room on the ground floor), his first acclai..

Long Melford GB - Sudbury CO10 9AA

Surrounding the three sides of a courtyard, Melford Hall was built in the early Elizabethan period. Only the main hall has preserved its Elizabethan characteristics. The salon is made of superb rococo and the neo-Greek staircase (1813) is by Thomas H..

Hotels Sudbury

High Street GB - Lavenham CO10 9QA

In the Suffolk countryside, between Bury St. Edmunds and Sudbury, this beautiful 15th-century building offers 4-star accommodation and a restaurant with 2 AA Rosettes for its fine food. Lavenham is one of the best-preserved Tudor villages in Britain..

The Bell Hotel, Market Hill, Clare, Suffolk GB - Clare CO10 8NN

Restaurants Sudbury

Market Pl GB - Lavenham CO10 9QZ

Passionately run restaurant on the main square of an attractive town; its impressive Georgian façade concealing a timbered house with 14C origins. Choose between two dining rooms and a smart enclosed terrace. Concise menus offer ambitious dishes with..

Church Walk, The Green GB - Long Melford CO10 9DN

First you must choose which of the three intimate rooms to dine in at this Georgian inn; then there's the huge array of menus to decide between. Cooking is rooted in the traditional British vein and dishes are full of flavour.

High St GB - Lavenham CO10 9QA

Well-run hotel restaurant combining smart, modern furnishings with traditional elements of the 15C inn in which it resides. In winter, sit by the fire; in summer, on the terrace overlooking the gardens. Keenly priced classic bistro dishes.

High St GB - Lavenham CO10 9QA

Westgate St GB - Long Melford CO10 9DP

This converted medieval hall house is now a smart, personally run restaurant. Cooking is skilful, classical and full of flavour; everything from the bread to the sorbet is homemade. The wine list features some top class producers.